Israel seizes Gaza's entire border with Egypt, presses with raids into Rafah
Israel has operational control of Gaza-Egypt border corridor, military official saysIsrael sends tanks on raids into RafahBlinken urges Israel to craft post-war Gaza plan, warns of chaos
Children sit in the boot of a car as Palestinians walk amid the rubble of houses and shops destroyed in an Israeli strike yesterday in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters
Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority over the Palestinian territory's entire land border.
Israel also continued deadly raids on Rafah in southern Gaza despite an order from the International Court of Justice to end attacks on the city, where half of Gaza's 2.3 million people had previously taken refuge.
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